Requesting Entity: Provincial Road Management Facility (PRMF) Australian AID Issues Concern: Defects Liability Period (DLP) and Modification of the Provisions of the General Conditions of Contract (GCC) Details Whether fair wear and tear is covered under the one (1) year DLP. Since the cause of the repair that the Contractor is required to undertake is continue reading : NPM No. 161-2012

Requesting Entity: Zamboanga City Water District (ZCWD) Issues Concern: Guidelines for Design and Build Projects Details What is the proper course of action in case the bidding documents issued by the procuring entity provided for the inclusion of the Value Engineering Analysis of Design and Construction Method in the Second Envelope (Financial Proposal), instead of continue reading : NPM No. 162-2012

Requesting Entity: Aztek Construction Firm Issues Concern: Payment of Bidding Documents and Requirement for Certificate of Registration and License for Shipyard and Ship Repair Yards Details Whether it is valid for the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) to require your company to pay anew for the Bidding Documents in the rebidding of the same project. continue reading : NPM No. 163-2012

Requesting Entity: Joint Venture of CM Countermeasures Equipages & Security Technologies, CESKA ZbrojovkA A.S. & Kolonwel Trading Issues Concern: Single Largest Completed Contract (SLCC) Requirement for Joint Venture (JV) Details Whether a JV between a local company and a company organized under the laws of Hong Kong may be allowed to submit the SLCC of continue reading : NPM No. 164-2012

Requesting Entity: Ron Daniell Construction Issues Concern: Discounts on Bid Price and Affixing Signature/Initial on the Bidding Documents Details Whether the Special Bids and Awards Committee (SBAC) erred in accepting the “discount of 28% on all items in the Bill of Quantities” offered by a bidder after the bids have been submitted and sealed. [A]lthough continue reading : NPM No. 154-2012

Requesting Entity: Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Issues Concern: Definition of Procurement Project Details Whether the Project Procurement Management Plan (PPMP) submitted by the end user units or various Project Management Offices (PMOs) within the Procuring Entity is the appropriate document which determines what constitutes a procurement project. [T]he Guidelines on the Establishment of continue reading : NPM No. 153-2012

Requesting Entity: Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) Issues Concern: Section 34.2 of the Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act (RA) No. 9184 Details Whether the submission of required documents for post-qualification should be complied after the opening of the financial proposal/negotiation or prior to post-qualification. Section 34.2 thereof provides that the continue reading : NPM No. 152-2012

Requesting Entity: Adlib International Sales (AIS) Issues Concern: Surety Bond Callable on Demand Details Whether the surety bond required under Section 27.2 of the IRR of RA 9184 should explicitly specify the phrase “callable on demand”. Although the phrase “Callable Upon Demand” appearing on the face of the Surety Bond is preferred, there is no continue reading : NPM No. 151-2012

Requesting Entity: Invitation to Bid Issues Concern: Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) Details Request of the MWSS for the review of the its proposed Invitation to Bid (IB) for its two (2) procurement projects. The GPPB-TSO, x x x, does not review the Bidding Documents of Procuring Entities (PEs) since the GPPB issued templates continue reading : NPM No. 150-2012